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SWTOR To Receive Server Mergers?

Will SWTOR be allowing less restricted server transfers anytime soon? Is it going free-to-play? Will it forever be relegated to a life of asking if I want fries with that? I haven't seen a future so uncertain since I graduated with Bachelor of Arts. In any case, when I dropped by the SWTOR booth at E3, Executive Producer Rich Vogel told me of plans for "megaservers."

"We have a very vibrant community," he told me, when I asked about reports of dropping subscriber numbers. "As always, when MMOs mature, the populations move and things like that, and that's why we're trying to get people to move around."

"We also have some technology coming out to allow us to have big servers called 'megaservers,'" Vogel added. "That's something we're going to be talking about soon. They're going to merge."

He remained quiet on how soon these megaservers would be implemented, or what the forthcoming technology would involve, but said that they would be key in maintaining a strong community.

"We want to make sure our populations are vibrant. That's the key for us, right, and we do have a very good vibrant community. We want to keep it that way."

Are any of you still playing SWTOR? Will you be sticking around to see what form these megaservers take on?